Main Page

Welcome to the official Platformer Game Engine Wiki!

Important note: For temporary reasons we have disabled phpBB authentification integration because of some technical troubles. Therefore you can't login with using of existing phpBB nickname and password if you have never logged in wiki previously. If you already have logged in wiki previously, your existing nickname and password will still work. For others who never logged in wiki before this moment, please register a separate Wiki account by MediaWiki's register form to work with Wiki pages here.

Here you will find documentation, references and guides related to the Platformer Game Engine. This wiki also contains resources for the LunaLua project by Wohlstand and Kevsoft.

We currently have 1,366 pages and 97 users who contribute. Feel free to help!

PGE Project

Main article: Platform Game Engine project

Main components

Additional tools

Help & Support

Building PGE From sources - detailed manual how to organize, complie and deploy PGE Project from source code for all supported platforms
Translating PGE into other languages - explanation how to translate PGE Project components into other language and contribute the translation
PGE Editor tutorial - [WIP] Manual of PGE Editor for newbies
Frequently Asked Questions
Ask your questions here
PGE Wishlist - add an idea or suggestion here!

References

Game Configuration Pack References - reference for configuration packages for PGE Project
Theme packs for the PGE editor - reference for custom theme for PGE Editor
Episode structure - How to organize complete playable episode
Level structure - How to organize a single level with custom resources

SDL Mixer X

Main article: SDL Mixer X

SDL Mixer X - the audio library, a fork from SDL Mixer version 2.0 made by Wohlstand. Used in PGE Project, in LunaLUA, and in SMBX-38a.

LunaLUA and SMBX2

Main article: LunaLUA

LunaLUA - is an extension made by Kevsoft for the SMBX Game Engine which provides bug-fixes, improvements and the LUA scripting system. The extension is based on LunaDLL v8 SMBX Extension made by Kil. Now it's a core of SMBX2 project.

Help & Support

LunaLua API Page - Official LunaLua Documentation

Official support threads on the forums:

PGE Forums thread
Talkhaus thread
SMBX Forums thread
LunaLua Wishlist - add your idea or suggestion here!

LunaDLL

LunaDLL
LunaDLL Autocode - deprecated declarative scripting language, kept for backward compatibility reasons.

SMBX38A TeaScript

Main article: :Category:TeaScript.vbs

TeaScript - is an embedded script language for SMBX38A game. Here you can find a documentation for it.

TeaScript API - A documentation for TeaScript language, made by community of SMBX38A project.

Standards and research

File and Features standard
- The SMBX64 Standard is the oldest standard supported by PGE. It has strict limits, and is only partially customizable.
- The PGE Standard is the default standard of PGE. Based on the SMBX64 standard, it boasts numerous bug fixes and enhanced flexibility over the original.

Research
- SMBX Engine Research

Legacy SMBX Engine resources

These documents contain information researched against the legacy engine, and are necessary in order for implementing a level interpreter that supports and is compatible with, a significant amount of existing levels and episodes.